Legal Related Arkansas County Wants Medical Marijuana Back on November Ballot by Sophia Vida July 27, 2018 While the state of Arkansas approved the amendment to legalize medicinal marijuana back in 2016, there was one county where a majority of residents said no. Boone County is one of 36 counties where a majority of voters voted no...
Legal Related Louisiana Medical Marijuana Users: Choose Your Gun or Your Pot by Sophia Vida July 27, 2018 Louisiana is now one of thirty states in the U.S. that has approved medical marijuana in some form. While dispensaries won't be opening until later this year, patients in the state that qualify for the drug under Louisiana's la...
Legal Related Wet Marijuana is Illegal in Michigan and It’s Causing Problems by Sophia Vida July 26, 2018 Cannabis lawyers in Michigan are fighting back over the state's "wet marijuana" law. Medical marijuana caregivers and cultivators in the state cannot process their plants due to the law. According to a Court of Appeals ruling o...
Legal Related New Jersey Puts Hold on All Marijuana Prosecutions by Sophia Vida July 25, 2018 The state of New Jersey's attorney general Gurbir Grewal, has put a pause on all marijuana cases in municipal courts statewide. The hold will go on until at least September. Grewal sent a letter on Tuesday to municipal prosecut...
Legal Related Many Oklahoma Marijuana Supporters Are Angry at THC Limits by Sophia Vida July 24, 2018 Oklahoma just passed medicinal marijuana legislation last month with State Question 788. The passing of the ballot question has legalized the sale and possession of marijuana plants and products without a limit on tetrahydrocan...
Legal Related It’s Against the Law for Businesses to Gift Marijuana in This State by Sophia Vida July 24, 2018 In an advisory on Monday, Vermont's Attorney General T.J. Donovan declared that businesses gifting free cannabis is illegal under the state's new recreational marijuana law. It seems some businesses were offering free marijuana...
Legal Related This Representative Says Marijuana Should be Legal in All States by Sophia Vida July 21, 2018 Democrat Rep. Tim Ryan, the US Representative for Ohio's 13th congressional district, has shared his views on how he feels about marijuana. He wrote: The year Donald Trump was elected President, more Americans were arrested ...
Legal Related Ottawa Asked Kids for Help in Picking its Marijuana Warning Symbol by Sophia Vida July 19, 2018 Kids as young as five years old were asked for their advice by Health Canada in order to decide what kind of warning label would work for marijuana products as the drug is legalized later this year. According to the report from...
Legal Related Oregon Has its First Marijuana Accelerator Open by Sophia Vida July 18, 2018 It was this week that Oregon's very first marijuana accelerator program has opened. Portland lawyer Amy Margolis has opened the Commune, which is a 4,000 square foot space on the third floor of an office building. According to...
Legal Related New Jersey Governor Wants to Double the Number of Medical Pot Dispensaries by Sophia Vida July 17, 2018 New Jersey could be looking at more medical marijuana dispensaries under Governor Phil Murphy's administration. The administration is looking to double the amount of medical marijuana dispensaries in the state. The intention...